beaten into
Pounded until absorbed
Beaten into describes forcing something upon someone through relentless repetition or pressure.
The image is of striking repeatedly until resistance breaks: Table manners were beaten into us as children.
The beating may be literal or figurative—drill sergeants beat discipline into recruits, teachers beat facts into students through endless repetition.
- indoctrinatedTaught beliefs uncritically
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- forgedMade by smithing, or faked
- poundedStruck hard, repeatedly
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
hammered · conditioned · embedded · welded · engraved · impressed · carved · inculcated · rooted · instilled · ingrained · trained · force fed · coerced · shaped · molded · drummed · imprinted